Significance of Nurse Residency Or Internship Programs on Nurse Retention, Costs, and Competence

Download or read book Significance of Nurse Residency Or Internship Programs on Nurse Retention, Costs, and Competence written by Angela D. Cowgill and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem addressed in this project pertains to new graduate nurses and their transition to practice needs as well as the costs facilities must endure when these new nurses leave their job prematurely. According to the Arizona Nurses Association, more than 50% of all new graduate nurses leave their first job and sometimes nursing altogether because of decreased orientation time and the shock that exists when they transition from student to professional nurse (AzNA, 2009). New graduate nurse turnover costs facilities $49,000 to $92,000 per nurse (Trepanier, Early, Ulrich, and Cherry, 2012). This impacts patient care as it interferes with staffing on units, continuity of care, and loss of staff productivity. The solution presented in the project is to institute nurse residency or internship programs in most facilities which will help to transition new nurses from student to competent and confident professional nurses who can provide safe, evidence-based care. This solution is based on results seen in extensive research from both quantitative and qualitative research studies. This solution will decrease the costs related to nursing turnover. This project details what needs to happen to implement a nurse residency program as well as how it will be evaluated and how the information will be disseminated to key stakeholders and other healthcare professionals.